My earliest exposure to breakbeat was the Powerpuff Girls intro theme song

@koalemos1679

Жыл бұрын

Not me losing it off the Cinnamon Toast Crunch and PPG themesong

@hakeemadam955

Жыл бұрын

Memory unlocked

@sirfizz6518

Жыл бұрын

Probably true for many millennials, but I'm sure also that many like me didn't encounter the genre any further until years later. I think i was probably about 10 when PPG started airing, and i discovered this music through my regional rave scene 12 years later, after which it was a couple more years that i thought back and connected these dots 😅

@afiefzaki6265

Жыл бұрын

@@sirfizz6518 i was talking about the drum breakbeat in particular. But true, I was also around that age when PPG aired. But back then i didn't even pay attention to the music. Years later when I started to learn more about music and learn terms like the famous 'Amen Break', I was like "hey this sounds like powepuff girls"😂

@HakainoMegami

Жыл бұрын

It slaps

I happen to produce DnB, and I'd just like to point out that you've got your timeline mixed up a bit. Late 80s - Acid House utilised oldschool Drum Breaks from 70s funk records (the Lyn Collins "think" break and the Bobby Byrd "Hot Pants" break being just 2 of the mainstays). Early 1990s - Acid house turns into hardcore (e.g. the prodigy) after it made it's way over here to the UK. From there people started speeding up the hardcore records as you mentioned. However, where the discrepancy happens is the Reggae influence. Some of the British-Caribbean community take a shine to hardcore, and decide to mix the breaks of hardcore with Reggae samples. One of the most famous examples is SL2 - On a Ragga Tip which sampled multiple breaks along with Jah Screechy's "walk and skank" (released the same year). Again, this new fusion would be sped up, until this Reggae infused Hardcore became Jungle with tunes such as Rude Bwoy Monty's "Out in da streets" and Miami's flip of Buju Banton's "Champion" emerged over the next 2 years. To the end of 1994, there was an influx of gangsters infiltrating the jungle scene (family members of mine have told me stories about proper gangsters entering clubs and blowing Cr*ck smoke in people's faces), to the point that the samples became more Dancehall based rather than the more innocent Reggae tracks (singing sweet - when I see you smile is an example which can be heard in "Out in da streets" mentioned earlier. From there, Jungle started to become darker (think Renegade/Ray Keith - Terrorist) until artists like Goldie (under the alias Rufige Kru), Shy FX, DJ Monk and Remarc began to use less melodic samples, more chaotic beats, deeper and darker bass and experimental sound design. From 1994 onwards, Jungle morphed into what is now known as Techstep, which still utilised breaks, but had a much heavier emphasis on Sound design and processing, with artists such as Ed Rush and Optical, Andy C, and John B spearheading the movement. From here, Neurofunk emerged, using less breaks and samples etc. However, as DnB became darker and more technologically-focused, legends Fabio and Grooverider created a genre that took the soulful aspect of Jungle and further developed it, creating what we know as liquid DnB. Also please don't say that Dancehall MCs would make references to "the jungle" because it's actually related to a ghetto in Jamaica. See, Jamaica is split into different areas, much like Burroughs in New York. You have Spanish Town, Kingston, Riverton, May pen etc. Junglist referred to an area of Kingston known as Jungle. People used to use lyrics containing the word "Junglist" (which is the slang term used to refer to people from Jungle in Kingston) because it fit the name of the genre, which is said to have derived from the racial slur "jungle bunny" (referring to people of Afro-Caribbean heritage), as black music was referred to as (the aforementioned slur) music, which early jungle DJs and producers shortened to "Jungle", although the source for this may not be credible. As a person of mixed Caribbean heritage myself, I feel obliged to bring this to light, as the content is somewhat classed as misinformation. Sorry for the long comment. Apart from these bits of info, this is a pretty good video.

Interesting Vid, As a Hardcore Jungle producer being there from the beginning, I never would of guessed that there would be so many people talking about the history. Big up

@robm9339

Жыл бұрын

"as a LEGENDARY Hardcore Jungle producer" - fixed that for you B! ;)

@Positive_Tea

Жыл бұрын

Bizzy you a living legend!

@TheBizzyBScience

Жыл бұрын

@@Positive_Tea Thanks , much appreciated

@Ethyl.breaks

9 ай бұрын

as someone whos been around too since a long ass time, i would say its bigger now than its ever been in america, i used to spend my summers in england growing up and everyone knew what jungle and hardcore was even in like 1995.. here in america i only think its getting known reslly now , finally discovered by the youth, the raves here in portland feel like it did in the nineties, labels like death by sheep and norm corps and dismiss yourself have really pushed it

@BagofHoldingHTX

6 ай бұрын

It’s super interesting being an old guy now seeing where the sounds came from when I was just a kid at the club

I feel like you could teach a college course on electronic music if you wanted to, this is fantastic. Your enthusiasm and love for the topic is clear, which makes all us fanatics feel seen.

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

I would love to

Thanks, Jeremy! "Drum & Bass: The Movement - A D&B Documentary" is a good watch on KZread. Lots of interviews with the producers and DJs, tastes of different genres, discussion about how things evolved, etc.

@jamesbarels469

Жыл бұрын

It is a fantastic documentary. Well worth the watch, at least once.

@mateuszizydorek3701

3 ай бұрын

Hell Yeah. Watch that 11 times

I think it’s also important to note that drum and bass is engineered from the ground up to sound and feel good when heard on a big, loud sound system. Its not pop music (although it has found mainstream success at times) and can sound very sparse or even boring if played on a phone or laptop speaker. But when the the drums and sub bass are literally pummelling your chest and the rhythm takes over your body it becomes more than just music, it can be hypnotic and tribalistic.

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Loved this. I was hoping to get a mention 😂. I used to be part of EZ Rollers, we had the 1st D&B hit in the UK with Walk This Land. Thanks to Lock stock and two smoking barrels. I will check out your new record 👏

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

Oh shit! My bad for the lack of mention. I had so much to go over but I fucking dig some ez rollers

@pkpckls

Жыл бұрын

DON'T TRY TO TEST UNLESS YOU COME PROPER

@tbaproductions123

9 ай бұрын

Loved Rolled Into 1. That was such a fantastic tune 👍

@tetnology

4 ай бұрын

yeh and not forgetting The Plastic Clothes Mechanics and fkn voodoo magic mon 😉- don

@davidtopoleski5935

3 ай бұрын

That song is still one of my favs and it was really cemented when it appeared on Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Thank you for your contribution and waking the world up!

Woah Jeremy! That was fab and on point. I was around in the scene in the early 90s and concur with your timeline and observations. Your guide to the genres was a thing of wonderment and insight and I’m totally grateful for that!

@360boost9

Жыл бұрын

Btw if u see this jeremy Happy 420.000 sub count Gon light one up for u

10:40 I love the whole video but this section is GOLD, i love how it has pretty much a tutorial underneath it and you're showing the theory at the same time and AAA. Good work man

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

:3

I Love Drum and Bass, I don't really know much about it but im going to make a documentary on the HISTORY of it. Im hooked

I'm late to the party but this style of video from you is absolutely incredible! I'd love to see more long form genre history videos like this, maybe on IDM and Chicago House Music as two good contenders. Great work Jeremy!

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

Techno is next and then I want to do ambient

A couple of YT recommendations from someone who is pretty new to Jungle / Drum & Bass history and production, but has recently been learning a lot very quickly: - Breakbeat Deconstruction: From hip hop to drum & bass and beyond - a talk by Dr. Jason Hockman at the 2016 Loop summit on Ableton's channel - A Beginner's Guide to Jungle Breakbeats - Tim Cant's channel, where he actually demonstrates slicing up breakbeats in Ableton - Goldie's April the 1st set on HÖR's channel. D&B has never been a genre I've focused on, but I ran across that at random, and knowing Goldie is a /huge/ name in UK D&B, decided to step outside my comfort zone and see if I liked it, then listened entranced for the whole set. I'm guessing that's why the others showed up in my feed (of course this showed up in my feed because I'm subscribed, because Jeremy is absolutely bloody lovely).

Great vid. I was heavy into the rave scene in the 90's here in Toronto, and to this day I still produce raggajungle, DnB, halftime, now fusing it with moderns stuff that is not even a genre yet. Still have a briefcase cassette library with all the tapes I collected back then, man this was nostalgic af thanks again.

@NoMe-Arts

Жыл бұрын

Heard many times that Toronto had a great DnB scene back in the '90s... always hoped to make it up there to check it but sadly never did...

@chrishendricks4613

10 ай бұрын

The Tdot...u ever see freaky flow..mc flipside. Sht is DOPE.

@NORBZMUSIC

10 ай бұрын

@@chrishendricks4613 Yep I know them personally actually :) Freaky Flow was one of the first to incorporate turntablism/scratching/etc into his jungle sets, always amazing.

@chrishendricks4613

10 ай бұрын

@@NORBZMUSIC Nice!

@optiquemusic6204

6 күн бұрын

I always believed Halftime and Jump-up were the same thing, the former an evolution of the latter. I dig it, either way.

Growing up in London drum and bass, jungle and two step garage is a rite of passage. I think you covered the different aspects of the genre really well and particularly enjoyed the humour. Cheers Jeremy.

Omg ishkurs guide 😁 I remember that. Didnt really get into DnB until 2009, 2012/2013 is when it took over as my fav genre, coming from mainly Trance. The past few years, I have really gotten into (Intelligent) Jungle and such.

Cheers, Jeremy! I was a London teenager in the early 90s, so this was a nice trip down memory lane! For some more good breakbeat/hardcore stuff check out ACEN'S early stuff (Trip To The Moon, Close Your Eyes, etc.) and for some GREAT ragga-jungle, I love love love Soundmurderer's mix "Wired For Sound."

@jaguarvssnake

Жыл бұрын

Also @audiopilz will love this!

Have not watched yet but my Jungle/DnB knowledge is mostly 1994-2003 so I'm looking forward to understanding what the kids call 'liquid' now.

@timcosgrove

Жыл бұрын

Oh no, liquid is what I thought it was. I thought I had seen 'liquid' used to refer to that sort of pop, neon, square, saturated, "obvious" (that's judgemental) sound like Sub Focus circa 2012-ish. I was misinformed. I'm almost 50, I'm getting used to not knowing what's going on. Thanks for this video!

@NuudleEXE

8 ай бұрын

@@timcosgrove Ehhhh, kind of. That's still that sort of that video gamey style sound. Easiest way to explain it, is that liquid DnB is just chill DnB, kind of a similar vibe to Jungle at times, but with the DnB structure. The SubFocus comparison isn't too far off, but it can differentiate. Here's some tracks to check out to get an idea: ALB - Breathing Space Seathasky - Feel Again Dawn Wall - Devil's Night Logistics - Lotus Flower

This video is really high quality despite the limited views.

@RedMeansRecording

Ай бұрын

Yeah :( thank you!

the drum and bass genre has really outlived some of it's electronic music contemporaries, my first drum and bass experience was from an mtv compilation cd that featured goldie's inner city life, i've been hooked ever since.

For me it was Photek, Scorn, Meat Beat Manifesto, and other early/mid 90's releases that I've long since forgotten about.

@Positive_Tea

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget Atari Teenage Riot!

@christophervincent77

Жыл бұрын

@@Positive_Tea YASS!!! I liked some of the Alec Empire solo stuff as well.

This was amazing! I’d love more of these genre walkthroughs! I laughed, I cried, I learned something, and I have a dozen new artists to check out

Thanks for releasing the bundles! Even if most of it is samples, it's a joy to dissect your arrangements.

@SimonWollwage

Жыл бұрын

I already learned so many new techniques for abusing samples on the M8 from these bundles

The PS1 got me into d'n'b, the WipeOut 2097 soundtrack absolutely rearranged my head

@lineplanevolume

Жыл бұрын

Such a fantastic game soundtrack.

I happened to invent techno hardcore breakbeat jungle breakore in the early 60's , just letting people finally know !

I'm so drooling over the M8. Tim has been on the scene for so long (always loved his Trash80 tracks posted to tracker community sites back in the day when I was messing around in Buzz a lot) and I'm super impressed that he put this thing out. Really cool to hear what you're doing with the M8, Jeremy.

@solmare_

Жыл бұрын

GET ONE, it's incredible.

@cepheid4288

Жыл бұрын

It is worth it! Believe me!!!

This video has strong Dunkey vibes and I’m here for it.

Your last several videos have just been so good! Whatever is driving you on these days, keep at it 😍

This is awesome, Jeremy! I've been messing with break beats a lot lately and this is much appreciated!

Loved this video! This audiotorial deep dive of the genres helps me learn so much more about the music i love and one day want to create! Cant wait till your next one 😊

Thanks for making these videos. I was revisiting some albums recently and came to the thought that I have no idea where a lot of the musical elements came from, and searching didn't really give me anything conclusive. This fills in the gaps so much, and gives me a deeper appreciation than just "it sounds good". Also, the video overlay that lines up with the sound examples is an awesome thing I wish more videos did! Thoroughly enjoyed this one.

It’s probably worth mentioning Frankie Bones and Mr C were pivotal key figures on the origins of “Hardcore”. Mr C introduced Frankie and the NYC breakbeat sounds to the rave culture during the late 80s, fusing acid house with Frankie’s breakbeat sampling signature sounds and Mr C’s eclectic DJing style

@sirfizz6518

Жыл бұрын

The same Mr C who joined The Shamen?

@_fora

Жыл бұрын

@@sirfizz6518 yes. Mr C used to run a banging drum and bass night at his club The End back in the day also. Check out his drum and bass productions

This was absolutely insane overview to one of my favorite music! Thank you so much! More of this content please. It was very interesting to listen. And your album is great too!

From Portugal here. How much do i like Drum n Bass (and i do think that Jungle and Dnb at this point is almost the same)? YES!

Hi Jeremy, I love the new format of your vids, you are always moving things forward, thank you. just bought your album from Bandcamp. awesome stuff.

Excellent video. Deep dives into genres like this are really inspiring to me. Studying the history of music production can furnish you with so many skills, techniques, and points of reference, and really revitalize how you go about making music.

love this format and topic of videos. Thank you for making it.

Jeremy you are amazing and I did not expect this from you. Love everything you make. It doesn't matter what it is, your community just likes you.

What a great work you did here. So fun and interesting to watch. Thanks ❤

Love this, Jeremy! So ready for more of these.

fantastic video my man, id love to see more of this content absolutely 100%, keep it up!

I love this video!!! Very excited for more videos exploring genres or other aspects of musical history in this style :D

OMG Roni Size!! Brown Paper changed my life!

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

For real

Man I really enjoyed this kind of content! I’m an everyday listener of both dnb and jungle so it was awesome to better understand them! Really looking forward to other genres of electronic music! You rock my man

Neurofunk & jump up are my absolute jam. DnB ♥︎

darkcore and hardcore is what got me into electronic music when i was in grade 9 (1992) after that gabba, trance, drum n bass, breaks, uk garage, dubstep, grime and still listen to it all today.

How do you always put out the the perfect videos right as I’m getting into new genres!!!

These videos are great man thanks great stuff

The roots of this music is so important, and something people underappreciate because the brilliance of Jungle and Drum and Bass was it's ability to take the musical melting pot of the UK and turn it into a product, that was most of the time, greater than then sum of it's parts, which were already pretty amazing. Where I grew in London dance, hardcore, darkcore, jungle, and drum and bass were king. I lived between the record label Reinforced Records in one direction, The Production House studio in another, Chanel One Sound System in Notting Hill, Metalheads/Synthetic towards Camden, and they were all mixing together the tastes and influences of diverse groups of people that lived in those places. That is why it is almost impossible to pin down genres, and turning points. There was almost too much diversity, and change to make sense of it all. It's also why I feel dance music is so bad these days. There is a lot of regurgitation rather than adaptation going on. People learn the name of a genre, and recreate a fixed formula people have imagined for it. Which is weird because at the time they weren't producing to formulas that were fixed, but continuously evolving the sounds of music. Music now shouldn't aim to recreate imagined versions of past music, but should really be trying to build upon them, and adapt them. The real lesson to be learned from the evolution of Jungle to Jump-Up would be not to narrow the scope of your music, or limit it to simplified characteristics, but to do what was originally done, and add to the complexity, and diversity of music. As for terminology, I can say for certain as someone who lived through that era, spoke that dialect of English, and who still has the records and media like flyers and magazines lying around that most words used in this video are synonyms. I have records that literally reference the same track as Darkcore, Jungle Techno, and Drum and Bass. The distinctions at the time were mostly drawn on who you were talking to, which words were more common at the time, or what was written on the marketing. No one really paid attention to those labels until the very late 90s when the music had basically died creatively. So, I disagree when people say a jungle track has to have this, and a drum and bass track has to have that. Those terms were not talked about really at all until much later. I think the issue comes from the fact that word that may be common at a certain time becomes associated with tracks popular at that time. You get breaks on tracks referred to as drum and bass, synthesized drums on Jungle. Plus, a lot of things that don't follow any set definition that I hear now. I challenge you to put a label on a track like A Guy Called Gerald - Forever Changing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYeKxJuIldK0aLQ.html

Love this content and the format. Great video!

Such a nice overview. I remember my friend DJ Soji (RIP, he taught me how to beat match on vinyl) handing me a silver cassette and saying something like "hey, check out this new music" I'm racking my brain as to whether he said jungle or drum and bass, but it was the very early days.

Super informative and highly entertaining, thank you so much Jeremy! Can't wait to dive into some of the subgenres now that I understand them more. Before I do that, I'm gonna jam to your new album while I drive.

Just listened on Apple Music -- everything you touch turns into musical gold, thanks Jeremy

Amazing video. I hope you make more of this type of content!

Thank you! I love Ishkur's but I can only stare at it and the opinions therein for so long. I look forward to more of this kind of video because this was great!

That’s cool format, more like that plz, keep going Jeremy 🎉

This is was a really educational video. Please keep making more of them.

Now that's what I call a proper Patreon pitch

I really enjoyed this a lot. keep making more of these.

Doode!!!! ❤️this video so much! Can’t wait to get your traxx in my M8!

Thank you so much for this video! It's so cool to finally learn about the history of a genre I love so much!

Great video Jeremy! As an old dude 😂 it’s amazing to see the resurgence of Jungle / D&B.

feels like you gotta mention that back then we only had like, twenty pixels for our pictures, total, and sometimes we had to share them uphill both ways in the snow.

@andrewjackson5798

Жыл бұрын

That glorious 240p early .avi codec vibe that kids today only know as "shit my reception is going"

Bro! I've only ever seen your tech breakdowns. This is a very cool format!

My body wasn’t ready for rhino jump up

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

It's called a Reese bass

@DionDeGennaro

Жыл бұрын

Oh wait that’s tech step! Okay time to do some digging. This video was unhinged in all the best ways. Scratches the surface in a way that makes me want to dig more.

Album is an instant buy! Thanks so much for your research and continuing to educate us all.

I just learned a TON. Thank you for putting this together for us!

Wonderful walk down memory lane. Awesome, Jeremy!

Thank you for introducing me to Ishkur's guide, I have not laughed this hard at a site in a while!

Thank you for the refresher of some fine sounds. Ishkar is an underrated resource - I appreciate the reminder to go there too.

@optiquemusic6204

6 күн бұрын

A great source, to be sure. Just know that if you like UK Garage, Dubstep or any Dutch genre, you are Not going to like what Ishkur has to say about them.

Really enjoyed this!

The shot of the three of you dancing and the bit with you in a window you're dragging around the desktop vaguely gave me Celery Man vibes and I'm here for it.

I’m loving this educational content RMR!!

As an English person, it fills me with joy that this music has made it so far around the world. This country sucks now and has sucked in the past for so so many reasons (I won’t go into it, I’m sure your’re all aware of that thing called the British empire 🤮) Anyway, immigration and the colliding of cultures is what makes this place amazing to me, and any other normal brained non bigoted Brit. And the perfect storm of all those cultures colliding and just dance music culture and innovation of dance music in general here over the years is one of the few things that always makes me feel some pride for this place. It’s fucking awesome that this genre it’s still going strong some 30 years after it’s creation and seeing you do a video like this fills me with joy. And all of it was spot on my guy! ❤

Really enjoyed this one, a trip down memory lane, a pieces of the puzzle put together and some new bits I'd missed as well. Excellent.

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben!!!!

I love hearing people talking about their obsession and how deep they can get into their interests. Awesome work!

two minutes into this video and I just gotta say love your editing style and humor

This is AMAZING!!!! So excited to download after work!!!!!

Fantastic video. Thank you for making this.

Awesome bits of knowledge, thanks for sharing!

Props for the Ishkur guide. Really cool project they made.

@optiquemusic6204

2 күн бұрын

Cool and impressive project, but very biased. Ish compared Sigma to Avril Lavigne for his brand of "Dancefloor" D&B, which is an insult.

It makes me so happy to see you add Kill Sound, Before Sound Kills You to the thumbnail. Such a wild bed of chaos lol especially “total recovery is possible”

17:44 If you know, you know. (Hint, its the barn) Also, Fantastic Video Red

@RedMeansRecording

Жыл бұрын

It's more of a stable

@Matt-Hazel

Жыл бұрын

@@RedMeansRecording This reply made my week!

@algorithmae

5 ай бұрын

That hit me like a freight train ngl

Also my favorite genre, for 25 years! Awesome video Jeremy 🥹

amazing vid! love the dnb and thanks for that music chart ! its epic !

My love for Drum and Bass and Jungle started in the womb. It's all my dad would ever listen to when we were in the car, and I'm sure that was the case when he was driving my pregnant mother around. Drum and Bass/Jungle gives me an energy no other genre of music can provide. I've been brought to tears by the electricity I feel when hard hitting bass drops and the repetitive drumming intensifies. It's like an out of body experience.

Excellent vid!

This video was amazing. Watched it on a cross country train and as soon as I get home I want to watch it all again so I can open a tab for every new thing I want to look up (which is all of them)

4:46 late 80’s back in time 😮UK Rave music in 1993 I was using a Emax emu plus to play drum beats samples faster than their normal bpm

This is cool as hell, man. I've been a huge Jungle/DNB head for 25 years and never knew some of these things. Thanks for all your work on this!

Awesome video! I took a similar journey. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

I love these history dives! Thanks for the knowledge!

That was awesome, super fun and informative. If you want to make more videos like this, i definitely want to watch them.

Every few months I look up “history of” vids of dubstep, D&B, house to see if anyone’s got any fresh insights. Thanks for posting this dawg it was good!

Great vid! Like the new vibe.

My favorite music KZreadr about my favorite music genre, thanks 🤝

Hey! That was informative and very entertaining. I'm not even a D&B guy and I really enjoyed the video - well done!

This little insight to you makes sense why I like your music so much. I have always been drawn to D&B music. I just really like the sound and various styles. I do kind of call it all Drum and Bass. Enjoying the new album, but I absolutely love Yourself. Really I am enjoying most of the singles and little EPs you have been putting out. Thanks!

Thanks a lot!! I've been listening to rock most of my life, but now I'm getting more and more interested in everything tronica, but I lack a lot of perspective and this kind of videos help me a lot to understand what I'm listening to.

The history of trap could probably be a good 60sec TikTok but I see it only growing in popularity thanks to isoxo and Jules.

You are onto a new and, I have to say, quite a fun new way of making videos! Support!